Category: Success Stories

Our journey with Life Concern (LICO), an organisation in the District of Rumphi, Northern Malawi, has been of great impact and inspiration. LICO works around preventing Mother-to-Child HIV transmission (PMTCT) through educating masses, promote healthy living habits and responsible medicine use, combating deforestation by creating and advocating for eco- friendly practices such as producing eco-friendly briquettes and…

Matilda Mlotha 24, from Mzuzu is the founder and Managing Director of Zomera Fruit Propagation Farm, a business involved in production of tree seedlings of various types of fruits. She currently owns three green houses and operates at the backyard of her parent’s residence in Mzuzu city’s township of Luwinga. The birth of her business…

Before attending a digital skills training last year, Allan Khunga aged 23 of Simbakalata Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwaulambya in Chitipa District did not have any knowledge of computer usage. While he could identify a computer if put in front of him, asking him to point at what some people would consider…

Anthony Munthali was getting frustrated with the hustles he was enduring to find suitable customers each time he had products he no longer needed and wanted to make money out of it. While he could at times use existing social media business groups on WhatsApp and Facebook such as Let’s Do Business Malawi, he was…

Despite possessing a Certificate in Information and Communication Technology, 25-year-old Trusca Nkhoma, lacked some relevant digital talents to keep pace with recent technology advancements. As a result, Nkhoma, originally from Lilongwe but based in Karonga where she works with Gracious Investment, was failing to meet the needs of some customers. To bridge the gap, she…

For years, Matthews Kajani from Zolozolo Township in Mzuzu City was spending a lot of time and resources in collecting and analyzing research data due to limited digital skills. In those days, Kajani a Bachelor’s degree holder in Social Sciences from Livingstonia University, who usually works on part time basis with different organizations in monitoring…

Up until November last year, 30-year-old Ruth Kazembe, a Development Facilitator at Salvation Army in Karonga district was not conversant with several computer programs, a gap that was making her work somehow difficult, in this age of technology. Back then, Kazembe of Malindi Village in the area Traditional Authority Mpama in Chiradzulu district could not…

All hope for a brighter future was lost for 29-year-old Elvis Luhanga from Mwakifwamba Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kyungu in Karonga district following his failure to further his studies. Just like many other young people, while growing up, Luhanga had dreams. Dreams of acquiring higher education in Information and Communication Technology, as…

Madalitso Makombola, 27 has always had keen interest with emerging technological advancements across the world. His interest in technology comes from the belief that technology has the potential to solve various challenges in the world. His interest in technology saw him pursue studies in Information and Communications Technology at Mzuzu Technical College, where he graduated…